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Five Steps We Must Take to Protect Refugees in the Future

This year, a new reality, based on a new international paradigm regarding refugees, must emerge. Here are five steps that need to be set in motion to make this happen. Read More

Report

Moving Towards Sustainable Performance-Based Procurement in the Western Cape

Read this report to discover how public procurement is no longer a back-office function anymore, but a crucial pillar for delivering government services, and a strategic one for tackling climate change. Read More

Biomass is a viable, abundant and environmentally sound source of renewable energy in Manitoba. This is what we need to do to make it a major renewable energy player in the province. Read More

Commentary

Is it Adaptation or Development? Revisiting the continuum 10 years later

"Is it adaptation or is it development?" In this blog post, Anne Hammill and Heather McGray revisit “the adaptation continuum” they developed in 2007 to provide a framework that proposed a range of what adaptation can look like. Read More

Blog

Why We Should Foster Economic Independence for Women in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining

How can the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining sector support female miners and ultimately foster their economic independence? Read More

Blog

Connecting the Dots: Natural resources, women and peace

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we spoke with Silja Halle of UN Environment to discuss the opportunities presented by environment and natural resources to strengthen women’s participation in peace processes. Read More

Blog

How Clean Innovation Is Benefitting the Mining Sector

Did you know mining companies are getting innovative to help benefit their business and the communities in which they operate? Renewable energies - such as solar, wind and geothermal - represent a significant opportunity for clean innovation for the mining sector. Read More

Commentary

U.S. Economy and Workers Have Most to Lose from Tariff Hikes

IISD economic modelling analysis confirms and quantifies recent predictions that import restrictions are likely to harm the U.S. economy itself. Read More